Swarthmore Foundation’s US$2,500 grant willl fund theCICAK’s next competition
theCICAK’s special projects manager, Andrew Loh, received a US$2,500 grant from the Swarthmore Foundation at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Loh applied for the grant in mid-March.
This grant will fund theCICAK’s second annual writing competition. This year’s theme is “50 Years, 50 Heroes: Young Malaysians You Need to Know.” Read the entries and watch the video […]
Announcing the winner of “Write It!” 2006
Watch videos of the announcement on Saturday, 13 Jan. 2007, and the reaction of the winner…
WRITE IT 2006 (Honourable Mention): Spurring a revolution of the mind through reading
Our third and final Honourable Mention for theCICAK’s Write It! 2006 competition sees DAVID TNEH CHENG ENG lamenting the lack of interest in reading and writing among young Malaysians. He tells us what we’re missing out on by confining our reading to sticking our noses in our textbooks, and offers some practical suggestions for a […]
They Wrote It! Now you Vote It!
Bad rhymes aside, here’s a summary of the top five articles in the running for theCICAK’s Write It! 2006 competition’s Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award.
The “Write It!” 2006 competition is now over, but do click HERE to see videos of our winner, Davina Goh! Thanks for your support!
Where have all the young […]
WRITE IT 2006 (Honourable Mention): Youth apathy bred by adults’ indifference
As a lead-in to the results of theCICAK’s Write It! 2006 competition, we will be publishing our three Honourable Mentions over the next week - the best and strongest of the articles which almost made it into our final shortlist.
Here’s the first in the series: an article by LIYANA YUSOF, who talks about why […]
Vote for the People’s Choice Award!
Last month we held a nationwide search for young Malaysian voices.
One of our prizes? The People’s Choice Award. RM300 cash, a RM150 Borders electronic gift card, and the winning article published in theSun.
Can you help us decide who should win?
Here are the five shortlisted young Malaysians up for this award, and their entries… And it’s […]
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